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College Football
BOXSCORE
Kent State 21, Merrimack 17
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, August 30, 2025
Where: Dix Stadium, Kent, Ohio
Attendance: 8647
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Merrimack 0 3 3 11 17
Kent State 0 7 7 7 21
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 3:24
Kent State   TD  Kent State 7 - Merrimack 0
Cade Wolford 30 yd. pass from CJ Montes (Will Hryszko kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:01
Merrimack   FG  Kent State 7 - Merrimack 3
Carlton Thai 26 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:56
Kent State   TD  Kent State 14 - Merrimack 3
Cade Wolford 79 yd. pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:26
Merrimack   FG  Kent State 14 - Merrimack 6
Carlton Thai 37 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 8:38
Merrimack   TD  Kent State 14 - Merrimack 14
Seth Sweitzer 36 yd. pass from Ayden Pereira (Cade Callahan pass from
4th Quarter - 5:40
Merrimack   FG  Kent State 14 - Merrimack 17
Carlton Thai 45 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:28
Kent State   TD  Kent State 21 - Merrimack 17
Da'Realyst Clark 100 yd. kickoff return (Will Hryszko kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Merrimack Kent State
W‑L 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Merrimack Kent State
Score 17 21
1st Downs 17 15
3rd Down Efficiency 3-for-14
21%
5-for-14
36%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%
0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 340 308
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-164 36-99
Average/Rush 4.7 2.8
Passing
Comp-Att 15-31 12-19
Passing Yards 176 209
Average/Pass Play 5.3 9.5
Penalties-Yards 11-115 8-65
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 31:31 28:29
PLAYER STATS
Merrimack (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Pereira 15/31 176 1 0
Kent State (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. DeShields 6/10 118 1 0
C. Montes 6/9 91 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Pereira 19 103 5.4 0
A. Smith 4 30 7.5 0
B. Wyatt 8 21 2.6 0
S. Sweitzer 1 8 8.0 0
M. Latham 1 2 2.0 0
D. McElroy 2 0 0.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
G. Garcia 15 49 3.3 0
J. Kimbrough 7 39 5.6 0
D. Delaney 4 7 1.8 0
D. DeShields 4 2 0.5 0
C. Montes 5 1 0.2 0
C. Wolford 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
S. Sweitzer 3 59 19.7 1
C. Lehman 2 39 19.5 0
J. McDonald 4 25 6.2 0
B. Wyatt 2 16 8.0 0
C. Callahan 1 13 13.0 0
A. Palmer 1 12 12.0 0
D. McElroy 2 12 6.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Wolford 2 109 54.5 2
S. Brown 3 50 16.7 0
T. Mulder 2 17 8.5 0
J. Etheridge 2 13 6.5 0
H. Hopperton 1 11 11.0 0
W. Harris 2 9 4.5 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Mathis 1.0 10.0
J. Davis 0.5 3.0
T. Aden 0.5 2.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Davis 1.5 8.0
J. Mathis 1.0 10.0
T. Aden 1.0 3.0
M. Woods 0.5 1.0
M. Carroll 0.5 1.0
J. Rawlison 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles